Microsoft Project: Get Up & Running Quickly

Plan, Manage and Deliver!

What you’ll learn

This is a crash course for those looking to manage projects in Microsoft Projects, in under 3 hours, you will have great command of this powerful tool
Navigation: Get familiar with the Microsoft Project Environment and understand the different ways of working with the tool that best set you up for success
Baselines: You will learn to set up the baseline for your project, track it and manage it in a way to put solid controls around delivering your project
Reporting: Three levels of Project Reporting will be covered here from Templates to Bespoke reporting and best practice outputs to manage your stakeholders
Resource Over-allocation: Techniques for dealing with Resource Over allocation such as Substitution, Correct Resourcing Allocation, Levelling, Contouring & Managing Splits
Dependencies: UNderstanding the importance of dependency relationships and adding them to your plan (Start-Finish, Start-Start, Finish-Start, Finish-Finish). Adjusting with Lead and Lag.
Using Calendars to build a complete picture of schedule and delivery (Base, Resource, Task Calendars and creating Exceptions)
Assigning Constraints in the form of Weak and Strong to add a layer of pragmatism to your schedule
Creating Templates that can be re-used on future projects or for managing a programme with a consistent approach to deliver multiple workstreams
Understanding types of Costs – Costs (Fixed and Variable), Work and Material as well as Accruals to keep on top of your project budget

It helps to have a basic understanding of project management techniques but these will be explained
Access to Microsoft Project (2019, 2016, 2013, 2010)

Who this course is for:

Project Managers, Product Managers, Planners, PMO’s, Business Analysts or any professionals who need to manage projects